ง่าย

See also: งาย

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːjᴮ⁴ (“easy”), from Proto-Tai *ŋaːjᴮ (“easy”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨦ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ງ່າຍ (ngāi), Lü ᦇᦻᧈ (ngaay¹), Shan ငၢႆႈ (ngāai), Tai Dam ꪉ꪿ꪱꪥ, Tai Dón ꪉꪱꪥꫀ, Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥭ (ngaay), Phake ငႝ (ṅay), Ahom 𑜂𑜩 (ṅay), Zhuang ngaih, Saek หง้าย.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ง่าย ŋ ˋ ā y
Romanization	Paiboon	ngâai
	Royal Institute	ngai
(standard) IPA(key)		/ŋaːj˥˩/(R)

Adjective

ง่าย • (ngâai) (abstract noun ความง่าย)

1. easy, simple.

Descendants

• → Khmer: ងាយ (ngiəy)